{"id":23118,"date":"2019-12-19T23:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/19\/homeland-security-cyber-hunt-teams-are-coming-to-help\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:15:31","slug":"homeland-security-cyber-hunt-teams-are-coming-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/12\/19\/homeland-security-cyber-hunt-teams-are-coming-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security cyber \u2018hunt\u2019 teams are coming to help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congress codified the role of Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity professionals designated for hunting for and responding to cybersecurity threats as part of a larger spending bill that passed the Senate Dec. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bills were passed by the House earlier in the week and is expected to be signed by President Donald Trump with just one day to spare before government funding runs dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucked inside the domestic spending minibus is the \u201cDHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019,\u201d legislation that some members of Congress have been trying to push through for years. Under the legislation, DHS\u2019s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, or NCCIC (pronounced N-Kick), must maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to assist both public and private sector entities with their cybersecurity upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teams must provide technical assistance to help federal and non-federal organizations that request aid regain operations after a cyberincident. The law also requires the teams to provide mitigation strategies prevent and fend off cyberattacks to entities that request it, as well as other recommendations to reduce cybersecurity risk at their organization. The bill also allows DHS to bring in private-sector cybersecurity experts to help the teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\t